PITTSFORD, N.Y., March 9, 2015 – St. John Fisher College’s Lindsey Thayer (St. Lawrence/Winthrop) of the softball team has been selected as the College’s Female Athlete of Week for the week ending March 8, 2015.
The freshman is off to a 5-0 start from the pitching circle, as the Cardinals are off to their best start in program history, going 9-1 in their spring break trip to Ft. Myers, Fla. Thayer has thrown 30.2 scoreless innings dating back to March 3. She owns a 0.70 earned run average, while recording 54 strikeouts, just 10 walks and three runs (all earned).
In her second collegiate start on Tuesday, Thayer tallied 15 strikeouts in Fisher’s 3-1 win over Wartburg College. She threw 10.2 innings on Saturday, totaling 19 strikeouts on the day with 12 against Drew University in a complete-game effort.
Fisher is back in action on March 23 when the Cardinals host Medaille College for a doubleheader beginning at 3 p.m.
